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Bring Back Disney Channel Classics

If you’re currently in your 20s or 30s, you know that the TV shows of your childhood are nothing like the TV of today. Thanks in part to an earnest social networking fanbase, on July 25th, Teen Nick debuted The ’90s Are All That, a two-hour weeknight programming block featuring a rotating lineup of some of the most popular Nickelodeon shows from the ’90s.

Currently, the TV block includes episodes of All That, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains It All, and Doug. The ’90s Are All That website has even more to offer with a rotating lineup of clips and episodes of Rocko’s Modern Life, Hey Arnold, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, CatDog, Ren & Stimpy, and more! Website fans can chat, view media, vote in polls, and enter sweepstakes to win ’90s-era products! Remember GAK, anyone?

As one of the millions of former kids who grew up watching these classic Nickelodeon shows in a regular afternoon lineup, I think the late night programming block is fantastic. Now the kids of the 21st Century can see the best of what the ’90s had to offer, and they’ll have to agree that the ’90s were indeed All That. If the Disney Channel were to follow Teen Nick’s example and bring back some of their own ’90s hits, then I, and millions of other 20-something-year-olds, would be in absolute nostalgia heaven.

When I was growing up, the Disney Channel was a premium pay channel that hadn’t become a part of standard cable packages in my city. My Disney Channel exposure was limited to the one week a year that the Disney Channel became free for non-subscribers as a way to attract new customers. My parents refused to subscribe, but my Dad recorded several tapes of Disney episodes during the promotional weeks, and I sustained myself on the same handful of episodes, watching them over and over again, until he could record another batch.

By the time I was in high school, the Disney Channel had finally joined standard cable, and every weekday afternoon, I’d happily watch episodes of Pepper Ann, Recess, The Famous Jett Jackson, and later, Even Stevens, Lizzie McGuire, and That’s So Raven.

I miss all the old school classic Disney cartoons along with DTV and the awesome shows from the late 80’s and early 90’s with Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop. I would love to see all these shows along with others I have seen from other people back on TV

Disney, please fire Ben Sherwood and give back Toon Disney only that the original fans of Toon Disney brought back Toon Disney by themselves when they have to become new bosses at Disney-ABC TV Network, Before Toon Disney returns, Disney XD has to air reruns of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Season One and Wolverine And The X-Men.

I would like A classic Disney channel that not only focused on 90’s but futher back “The wonderful world of Disney were Disney himself was on it, old cartoons like Silly Symponys and others Movies like the Orginal “That Darn cat” Old Disney has A lot to offer and needs to be offered for all. It would be sad we forgot the past and only focused on the future.

Bring it back forever and toon disney on air like buzz lightyear of star command and his daughter jill lightyear work with him all cartoons come back from 2000’s like come back on their 31st anniversary and we vote what toon first to watch and do a Marathon on showw big day i vote buzz lightyear of star command so in 2014 we vote toon disney and i say i hope i win

I totally agree! I’m 13 but I still remember a lot of these shows like Recess and Pepper Ann. I don’t like all of these new shows like Jessie and Pair Of Kings and Shake it Up. I miss Lizzie McGuire sooo much I named my d

Yes, Disney should make a Classic Disney channel if they aren’t going to change their crummy current programming. I loved the Disney Programming up until the late 90’s/early2000’s. If they made a classic Disney Channel they could show as far back as the 50’s Disney programming, wonderful world of color etc. all the way through shows like Avonlea and Gummy Bears, etc. I have small children myself now and would love programming I could enjoy with them! How can we get Disney to do this?

Classic Disney shows, channels, and blocks were, along with CN blocks and toonami, were some of the greatest moments of television history. Toon Disney and Toonami were the greatest. Disney XD is okay but it should have not replaced toon disney. Also what is up with almost all of the disney shows having only 65 episodes?

Hate My Baby-sitter’s a Vampire. And Phineas and Ferb. I basically don’t like the new shows very much, but I do like Shake it up, that’s the only show I enjoy. But I admit it’s dumb at times. I miss Toon Disney alot 🙁 I miss Big Movie Shows. I’m 13, and out of that list I’ve only seen Timon and Pumba, Little Mermaid, Recess, Aladdin, Gargoyles, Chip and Dale, and TaleSpin. I like things a little newer than those, like Lizzie McGuire, That So Raven, Kim Possible, American Dragon, Even Stevens, and Phil of the Future. I was really young, but I still remember most of those shows. I would watch them with my older sister (20). I was glad Teen Nick decided to do 90’s are All That, because I hope Disney will decide to do it with their shows too….we need to have a petition or something. Seriously lol. Watching these shows on youtube is getting old..( what i can find of them, anyway.)

dear bloging disney bring back disney channel classic web site , hi my name is david conway and my comments to here is that i do love this issue my self as well , and i do feel bad that we do,nt have the classic channel just for the disney channel , as well , just if it,s was me i love to see 1980,s to 1990,s and the the year of 2009 the old disney xd / cancellation tv show,s on one channel / just like this tv shows like jett jackson and aaron stone , and the wizards of waverly place and many more tv show,s just like davy crocket , and dannel boone , love david b conway

You forgot to add FAST FORWARD, BABYSITTERS CLUB, MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, and the original Disney Channel Movies like NOT QUITE HUMAN, NOT QUITE HUMAN II, STILL NOT QUITE HUMAN, etc. into the schedule. Also, they should air the ORIGINAL BUMPERS to go along with the original programming. i.e. the HOT DAYS, COOL NIGHTS theme, TRIPLE FEATURE FRIDAY, BONUS THURSDAY, TOONiN TUESDAY, etc. And don’t narrow it to just the ’90s, go as far back into the early ’80s and broadcast the likes of WELCOME TO POOH CORNER, UNDER THE UMBRELLA TREE and KIDS INCORPORATED. If you follow this formula, you will surely have high ratings. Rename DISNEY CHANNEL XD to DISNEY CHANNEL CLASSICS. After all, the Disney Channel was really the first network for KIDS AND FAMILIES. Nickelodeon started out as a local station in Ohio called Pinwheel, while the Disney Channel was a National broadcast from the very start.